“Luck” can be defined as good fortune or advantage that arises as a result of chance. But people can have double standards in how they regard instances of good or bad luck. Basically, the more an instance of good luck resembles good luck we have experienced in the...
Taking a Critical Look at Social Exchange Theory Some two decades ago, someone who was counseling me uttered six words that have remained seared into my memory ever since. “All relationships are based on exchange,” he told me. The more I reflected on his words,...
[Note: This post explores unconventional perspectives on reality and consciousness, and, as such, is perhaps the strangest post that I have written or perhaps ever will write on this blog. I hope you will find it worth the effort.] Cecil Poisson and I have been the...
Reports in the media on extending human longevity have always enticed me, and I am sure, many of you too. Even most of those who believe in an afterlife or reincarnation still cling to life and hope to live as long as possible Many of these reports speak of enabling...
Recently, I started attending Quaker Meetings in New York. (The formal name given to Quakers is “The Religious Society of Friends,” and they refer to each other as “Friends.”) I had long been interested in Quakerism; the value it places on authenticity,...
Power. I define it as the ability to make events and circumstances conform to one’s will. This, of course, presupposes the ability to compel or convince others to act in pursuit of that aim. My interest in the subject of power sparked a desire to examine what some...
